REGINALD E. JONES TAKES OATH AS EEOC COMMISSIONER

WASHINGTON -- Reginald E. Jones was sworn in today as a member
of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by
Commission Chairman Gilbert F. Casellas. Mr. Jones was nominated by
President Clinton on June 5 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S.
Senate on July 17. He fills the vacancy left by R. Gaull Silberman,
whose term expired in June 1995.

"I enthusiastically welcome Reg to the Commission," said
Chairman Casellas. "He brings to the Commission a great deal of
experience in civil rights and employment law and the legislative
process, and that expertise will be critical to helping us meet our
law enforcement goals."

Mr. Jones' inclusion brings the bi-partisan Commission to its
full complement of five members. The other members, including
Chairman Casellas, are Vice Chairman Paul M. Igasaki, and
Commissioners Joyce E. Tucker and Paul Steven Miller.

Mr. Jones, of Wheaton, Md., has served as Senior Legislative
Counsel to Senator James Jeffords (R-VT) since January of 1993, and
Minority Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Labor and Human
Resources Committee from 1989 to 1993. In the Senate he worked on a
wide variety of employment issues, including the Civil Rights Act
of 1991, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Americans with
Disabilities Act. His portfolio of non-labor and employment work
includes legislation to reform the civil and criminal justice
systems, product liability law, and legal and illegal immigration
laws. Prior to arriving on Capitol Hill, Mr. Jones was a partner in
the New York law firm of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather &
Geraldson. He received his B.A. from Yale University and both his
J.D. and M.B.A. for New York University.

EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, prohibitions
against discrimination affecting individuals with disabilities in
the federal government, sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991,
and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.